Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Can vaping lead to inflammation and oxidative stress?

2 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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In this brief video, Dr. Anne Truong references a review of approximately 40 publications that collectively demonstrate that e‑cigarette use (vaping) is associated with increased inflammation and oxidative stress. She explains oxidative stress as a condition where free radicals damage cellular components, leading to injured cells that cannot function properly. The speaker further describes how this oxidative damage extends to the lining of blood vessels, compromising their strength, integrity, and ability to regulate blood flow, thereby highlighting a potential vascular risk of vaping.

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There was a study that came out that looked at 40 publications looking at vaping and what they found out. Multiple studies have confirmed that E vaping or e cigarette causes inflammation and also oxidative stress. So what it means is that oxidative stress is kind of like a free radical that damages the cells and your cell become kind of injured and it can't do the work. So what it does is that it the blood vessels, the oxidative stress damages the blood vessels that the blood vessel may not be as strong or intact or responsive to opening and closing with the blood flow as much as it can be, so it can damage the blood vessel lining.